Irish Music Stories is the show about traditional music.... and the much bigger stories behind it. IMS is about everything--through an Irish music lens.

Whether you already play the fiddle or you know nothing about trad music or dance, I hope you'll join me, Shannon Heaton, as I learn how a band of Boston tweens ended up at a big music competition in Sligo, and what it meant to their families... and as I dig into the darker, sweeter side of Irish humor... and as I explore what learning Irish songs together is really all about.

Meet thoughtful and incredibly charming people in pubs, kitchens, and backstages throughout the U.S., Ireland, and beyond, underscored with toe-tapping and heart-soaring melodies that seem familiar, even if you've never heard them before.

What exactly IS folklore… and tradition (in
2018)? Host Shannon Heaton talks with accordion
players Billy, Sean and Mikey McComiskey and folklorist Maggie
Holtzberg about stories that transcend the bellows of the button
box. Learn why it’s important to “sustain, enshrine, and pass on
living...